with consideration that young women and female adolescents are more susceptible to STIs compared to the male due to their anatomy, so infection in women could have different sequle like ectopic pregnancy or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), it is better to culture of vaginal discharge become a routin test for women especially in young age for diagnosis and treatment of gonococcal infection.

when the prevalence of causative agents is low or unknown, for asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and for women with vaginal discharge, for whom the syndromic approach can lead to overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments (6)

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